Tremendous Tracey
Leadership Lessons Learned from a Bird
This Thanksgiving, I experienced something new: I cooked my very first turkey! I know, I know—hard to believe, right? You're thinking, Come on Tracey, you've been to war, traveled the globe, gone on TV with four dogs and a cat, walked where Jesus walked, and you've never cooked a turkey? That is correct! For as long as I can remember, my mother—our family's own Martha Stewart—held the honor. When she immigrated to heaven, that sacred duty passed to my sister, Candy.
The Three Lanes of Life
Every day we decide which lane we are going to traverse on the highway of our lives. Get by, get ahead, or get eternal? I'll be the first to admit that I have spent time in each lane. As I have matured in resources and knowledge, I have spent less and less time getting by and more time getting ahead. It was only in the past few years that I understood the highest form of existing is to ‘get eternal’. The events of the past few weeks have brought that timeless truth back to the forefront in a spectacular fashion... Read More
Opportunity or Distraction?
All the glitters is not gold, and it is essential we learn to discern an opportunity from a distraction, so we don’t waste our precious time, talents, and talk.
Empowering or Enabling?
Empowering is drawn out; enabling is dumped in. People who are willing to be developed need a hand up, not a handout. I'll do anything for anyone, but if you will not begin to pick up your own slack, I'm off to spend my resources on someone who'll use it to put their lives on a whole new trajectory. That’s genuine compassion and tremendous empowerment. Until the recipient owns their part of fixing life, the only thing they’ll want from you is more enabling. Give people the tools, and not just the solutions, and let them get to work. Invest in people wisely so you can help them and not hurt them.
When the Information Superhighway Leads to Nowhere
The information superhighway can lead you to a more evolved mind if you avoid lazy thinking, research your sources, and search out divergent opinions so you can fully understand the issue at hand. A closed mind is a dying mind and, in this day and age, there is no reason why we should not be getting bigger brains and traveling the super highway together on a tremendous road trip every single day.
